The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-11-23
DAILY EXAMINER.
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Hold u Special session ana pas an
Ordinance Relating 40 Bonds.


Ordinance Relating 40 Bond.
As THE EXAMINER news gathercr
was meanderiug around town yestcr
day in search of All item,he noticed sev
eral aldermen in the neigh borhc Cd OF
, o'clock, drifting toward the city
council chamber. Meeting Alderman
Order he found that a called meeting
of the city fathers was on the tnpis,
and iorthwith betook himself to the
hail OF city legislation.
Arriving there, in u short time his
honor, Mayer +. ~. Sturgls called the
council to order and stated that the
meeting was called for the purpose of
having such an ordinance passed ~
would meet the technica tiles brought
up in the II lowing letters ON
Messrs. Ncl-on and Noel, the pur has
ers If the city had bonds and their
counsel.
OFFICE oF >rlso> ~ Norl
ST LOUIS, Soy. ln Il. \ stureis. Ed,
Mayor Of Waco. Texas. DEAR SIN. We re-
&c ,el tho paper ths morning and ~ubmit'ed
the some 20 our attorneys. rney have sent us
word mat the coupons on the sample hD nd
submitted to them same sent Us by mail are
lIthOgraphed-wuich is usual custom but
that the ord .alce says: coupon, should be
-gucd by the mayor nd secretary Please
amend your ordinance at once, 80 that IL will
permit coupons TO be autographed and not
signed. Enclosed Bough, overall Il Judsou
leg.l opinion. Yours truly Nelson ~ Noel
q. ANC uFEICI pp fIuI't,U. OVER All, trb.pN.-
ST Louis, Mo nov. ~, l9o7.-Messrs Nelson
Il Ho5l, city. GtNrLtMFN: We have examined
tile ordinances OF the city OF Waco. Texas
auth tTi@ing tile issuance OF @oMo OF bonds for
'ne r'e'''on Vi o'.9 nun 'No., cerinca'eS
u we mayor os '"e S'ofe."'H'
showing tue 'o'D' .! ooh,'e' 'iueo'eoneSs
VI 'i,v o''t uuu ','e VI t'e co,ieo'of
'l'o" 's 'V' ,aM"oe pro
pei ",o,,'" 0V hs is.nad I ~, III VI .ne
o,,,,,ori,y ,nIs.n.the bonds Tho orS,n",ao '',e
in proper form and when registered by the
comptroller the bonds VIII be the valid bind
ing oo'isaton OF the cl'E' there Is however
one 'ecnn'' o'I''',on "iicn should be cor
Tee'e' before 'hs oonus , are pat,ea WIN ny the
yny' ohufi ',,' % u.ma ',ee. me coupons rs
"e', as ,n' 'n c"nniersund :" w. sis"eu ny
'r vs., ,poi. ."Iy
l,,,,a,,,ra. - ,he ,navoro ma ,'..'"s'A Jpn
..,7,o,od con,,or. mud in our nr,,,ta,y =,
nnrstIon should arise the courts wonid noId
ttot nv sivnine the bond, with lt,b,,rn,'I'
SIGNATURES attached to the coupons Nh. ot,ic9rs
ADOPTED the signatures attached to the bonds
md tbs ordinance was thereby compIied
with. Bat such questions should never be Ief.
open when by an amendment to the ordinance
directing the Autographed signatures to the
coupons they could be avoided. Yours etc
Hough, Overall y Judson
The above letters having been read
by the mayor, he asked the council to
pass the required ordinance.
Aldermen Flournoy then intr5duc
ed the following ordinance, which, the
rules being suspended, passed TO "A
second and third reading and wes
adopted Immediately.
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